DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (WABI) - A former Piscataquis Community High School food service employee was sentenced Monday for having sexually explicit materials.
23-year-old Mason Mickle will spend 11 months behind bars followed by four years of probation.
His defense asked that his lack of a criminal record and his age be considered in his guilty plea.
The Maine State Police Computer Crimes Unit became aware of the situation through a chat on Discord, an instant messaging app, depicting a sexually explicit video involving a minor.
As part of his sentence, Mickle is not allowed to have access to the internet and no contact with anyone under the age of eighteen.
“The defendant admitted to possessing child sexual abuse material, which here and after is referred to as CSAM, and first became f